The strategy of the French taxi drivers against Uber

Thèmes abordés

French taxi drivers, Uber, UberPop, Uber France, Grégoire Kopp, private driver

Résumé du document

"Uber (..) is only the visible element of a cohort of enterprises whose activity shakes established economic or legal models."
This observation became indisputable in the summer 2014 when it was announced that the American start-up company, launched only four years earlier, would count a new senior member : the Vice-President for Policy and Strategy.
Rather than investing "in infrastructures", Uber chose to focus on "technicalities related to the policy environment."
The company was thus fully engaged in the battle started by taxi drivers all over the world.

Extraits

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[...] 1 The strategy of the French taxi drivers against Uber The lack of organisation on the part of the French taxi drivers these past months has blunted the effect of their tenacity. They are slowly loosing the support of the State while being at odds with the trap UberPop The late reaction “Uber ( . ) is only the visible element of a cohort of enterprises whose activity shakes established economic or legal models.”1 This observation became indisputable in the summer 2014 when it was announced that the American start-up company, launched only four years earlier,2 would count a new senior member : the Vice-President for Policy and Strategy.3 Rather than investing infrastructures”, Uber chose to focus on “technicalities related to the policy environment.”4 The company was thus fully engaged in the battle started by taxi drivers all over the world. [...]

[...] With their concentration on UberPop, the French cab drivers expose themselves to the venom of the hydra Uber. The snake slowly extends its presence over the country”, observed the president of the National Federation of taxi while expressing real anger with regard to UberPop” The blinded determination 3.1 The ignorance of the European Union's power To battle against the creature Uber, the French taxi drivers are planing actions whose “details ( ) are unknown for the moment. But the goal is clear : hold the State accountable”13. [...]

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